Revisiting the First Comic Book I Ever Read

[@SomethingWellesian]

9:50 Mike: “Eventually the real Batman returned from his sabbatical…” Me: “Hehe, Batman Returns.” Mike: “SabBATical.”

[@TakeWalker]

it wasn't just something, it was everything

[@Bob78550]

I have a similar story. My first comic book was also a Ben Riley. It's refreshing to hear an adult our age remember that time fondly. So many people bad mouth that character. I really enjoyed this video. Looking forward to more.

[@risperdude]

Totally geeked out hearing Will an Ben. WAS SO AWESOME. Edit: Legal Kimchi too!! This is a blast.

[@LegalKimchi]

I love this stuff.

[@pekkaaho4334]

I never had my own Spidey comics, just the few my older brother had bought. Those were the 90's Clone Saga comics, and the images and names have stayed with me all these years.

[@Stephen-Fox]

Great to see you're back doing these. I think my first comic books would have been a hand-me-down _stack_ of Hannah Barbara comic adaptations and Beanos, which is a vastly different beast to superhero comics.

[@BigKlingy]

This was surprisingly compelling, and I appreciate the Australian Judas Traveler (I think?). The funny thing is I found a Spider Man comic in my house last year and it was The Mark of Kaine Part 2. I have no idea why I have this, don't remember reading it as a kid so it probably wasn't even mine, my guess is it got mixed in with a neighbor's stuff he gave us. It's also not as exciting as this one. I got into the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comics last year but only go for trade paperbacks/hardcovers for exactly the reasons you said: it's convenient having a full story and storage is easier. In this case of the storyline I bought specifically ("Metal Virus"), it seems to have gotten contentious reception at the time because it ran for a long time and had frequent hiatuses (also it was a viral zombie apocalypse story that ran during 2020, which can't have helped), while clearly being "written for the trade", but it's immensely better when you can read it all at once. It still does the note thing though. (One of my favourite uses of "see issue XYZ" notes was in the old Archie Sonic comic, where the first issue after a timeline retcon had notes referring to issues that DIDN'T EXIST)

[@chrismckenzie3414]

The soap-opera-ness of comics kept me from ever truly getting into them, though I've collected more limited series here and there, and belatedly got into EXcalibur (the late 80's-'90s one) for a bit. But I've absorbed SO MUCH comics lore from a combination of pop culture osmosis, friends who read various series, and entertaining comics podcasts and youtube channels. I'm personally more into ordinary people heroes than super heroes, but I have a lot of second-hand fondness for comics. I will say that the trade paper comics collections also made them accessible in another way: it got them into libraries. And comics and manga section of a modern library--or at least of the library district I work at--is quite large!

[@timwitowich2126]

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[@WilliamSRD]

William SRD stared in horror at the intro WITH MY VOICE

[@ger_hynes]

Oh man, Mike, we're the same age and I got into Spider-Man comics at the same time. I just looked up an image of Kaine fighting Ben and had an intense Madelaine moment. I still have a huge soft spot for Scarlet Spider.

[@zippomage]

honestly I've never been enamored with the way that comics are written, though I love some of the concepts and characters, and Thor is my boy. But I LOVE some of the less well known stuff. i know his name is kind of garbage these days, but Warren Ellis writes some incredible stuff. Planetary was fascinating, and Freak Angels was jaw-dropping. Also loved Transmetropolitan.

[@tonysladky8925]

Somewhere, Joe Quesada heard you mention the blasphemy superheroes growing and evolving over time and began trying to summon Mephisto... Also, as long as you shouted out your childhood comic shop, I just want to give some free advertising to Lost World of Wonders in Milwaukee, WI. It's a great spot for American comics, Manga, anime merch, a decent supply of board games, TCGs, and TTRPGs, books ABOUT comics and manga and anime, and a huge selection of 90s Star Wars toys (though that section is slowly, tragically being overtaken by Funko Pops...). I'm not really reading or collecting comics at the moment, but I always make sure to get at least a few of my boosters of a new Magic set and probably impulse-buy a TPB of Saga there.

[@BradK4444]

As soon as I saw that first panel, I remembered reading that issue as a kid. I think it was the second comic I ever read, the previous issue being the first. ...and I hated it. Why was Aunt May dead? Why were there a million people claiming to be Peter Parker? Why was the art so terrible? Isn't this supposed to be for kids? I eventually read more comics, but not a lot. And I think the clone saga (and 90s gritty characters in general) was a big reason why. Maybe one day I'll start reading comics. I do like the movies and TV shows with these characters, after all.

[@JoULove]

I've never been tempted to get into comics personally, it's such a money pit, also y'know, the oversexualisation of women is often pretty bad so as a girl that turned me away at the door. As a teen my influences were "comics are for kids, adults read proper books". I did like cartoons like Spiderman and Batman though

[@xtian1987]

think you should still at least try to read some comics while i agree that a lot of writers/artist tend to depict women in strange and sometime horrible ways theres still a lot of comics that tell great stories I can give some recommendations if you want? (ps: you can also read comics for free in some websites like readcomiconline just turn on your ad blocker😜)

[@NumbSkull2602]

I cant like the video because it has 69 likes ... But i liked the video

[@xtian1987]

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